GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |